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Prieska
3 June 2026
Prieska is a very small town that is perched along the Orange River in the Northern Cape. It is 240 kilometres south of ...
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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
20 May 2026
Twee Rivieren is the Park’s largest rest camp and administrative headquarters. It is situated on the banks of the Dry No...
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Anniskop, Hill in Karoo-Namibia
20 May 2026
Hill some 13 km North-West of the confluence of the Annis River with the Orange River. Near the hill is the joining of t...
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Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
13 May 2026
The 1600 square kilometers in area is the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape. This is a dramatic Mountainous ...
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Alexander Bay, Namaqualand
13 May 2026
Alexander Bay has something of an illustrious History. It was in the thick of the ‘diamond rush’ that gripped this part ...
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Kathu
7 May 2026
Kathu’s economy and population have grown substantially, primarily due to activity at the Sishen mine operated by Anglo ...
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Northern Cape
9 April 2026
The Northern Cape is the largest Province in South Africa, but has the least number of inhabitants. Before 1993 it was p...
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Namaqualand
9 April 2026
When the settlement was founded at the Cape the officials there soon learnt of the existence of, Copper somewhere to the...
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Goegap Nature Reserve, Springbok
24 March 2026
This 7 000 hectare nature reserve, supports 600 different indigenous plant species, 45 mammal species and 94 bird specie...
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Springbok, Namaqualand
20 March 2026
Namaqualand's largest town, is Springbok. You can enjoy the wild flowers and dramatic landscapes of the Northern Cape!
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Riemvasmaak
18 March 2026
Riemvasmaak (pronounced ‘rim fus maack’) means ‘tighten the strap’ or ‘tied with straps'. Riemvasmaak is a rural communi...
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Touring the Northern Cape
16 March 2026
The Northern Cape is South Africa’s Largest province and must-see destination, whether you prefer the ocean, the desert,...
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Aakaap/Rietfontein, Northern Cape
16 March 2026
Rietfontein is a Town in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It functions as...
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Darters Pass, Northern Cape
13 March 2026
Darters Pass is one of those official Passes that leaves you wondering if you're in the right place. The Pass has only o...
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Hondeklipbaai, Namaqualand
2 March 2026
Hondeklipbaai is a small fishing community along the coast of Namaqualand. The Village was original to export copper in ...
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Abachoreb, Northern Cape
10 February 2026
Watering place South of the Koa River Valley, South of Steinkopf.
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Kenhardt
6 January 2026
Kenhardt has been for a long time the most remote Settlement in the North-Western Cape, founded 1868. Becoming a Municip...
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Karoo Hoogland Municipality in the Karoo Region, Northern Cape
27 October 2025
The Little or Klein Karoo, which is a long valley bordered by the Swartberg and the Langeberg Mountains in the Western C...
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Khomani Cultural Landscape
28 August 2025
The area in the Southern Kalahari, bordered in the East by Botswana and the West by Namibia, is where you will find a sm...
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Upington, Northern Cape
10 August 2025
Upington is the chief City in the Northern Region of South Africa. It was established on the bank of the Orange River in...
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Kimberley, Northern Cape
29 July 2025
Siege of KimberleyThe siege of the diamond-mining town in the north-west of South Africa, between 14th October 1899 and ...
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Namaqua National Park
19 July 2025
The park was proclaimed on 29 June 2002 for the purpose of conserving the rich diversity of succulent plants. NNP is in ...
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Calvinia
12 July 2025
Abraham Esau, a patriotic Coloured blacksmith who was loyal to the British. He gathered a force of 70 locals to defend t...
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Kalahari Desert
7 July 2025
Kalahari Desert, large basin like Plain of the interior Plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, ...
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West Coast District Municipality, Heuningvlei
24 June 2025
Heuningvlei is one of fourteen outpost villages of the Moravian Mission Church at Wupperthal. Twenty five families are c...
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Sutherland, Northern Cape
18 June 2025
Sutherland. Your first stop will most likely be SALT. The Southern African Large Telescope is the largest single-optical...
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Augrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
7 May 2025
During the Middle Stone Age man had created more formal work tools and began to utilise fire. The Late Stone Age, which ...
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Griqualand West
31 December 2024
The Khoikhoi was a nation of widely scattered migrant pastoralist clans, whose economy was not conducive to the creation...
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Port Nolloth, Namaqualand Northern Cape
23 December 2024
What today is essentially a fishing village, Port Nolloth lies on the bay known by the indigenous Namaqua people as; Auk...
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Pofadder, Northern Cape
13 December 2024
Pofadder is a small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. While pofadder means, as you would expect, puff ...
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Kuboes, Northern Cape
25 September 2024
A great attraction close to Kuboes is 'Cornell's Kop'. This is a Hill that house the largest population of the threatene...
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Clearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape
25 September 2024
In 1801 William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a Station among the Griqua ...
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Republic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
24 September 2024
Griqualand West is proclaimed a separate Crown Colony .The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a f...
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Kamiesberg Municipality, Northern Cape
26 July 2024
In 2007 an estimated 12,117 persons lived in Kamiesberg. The Kamiesberg Local Municipality is a Category B municipality ...
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Sanddrift, Richtersveld
12 June 2024
With the attractions of Richtersveld's natural beauty and its close proximity to the mighty Orange River, Sanddrift abou...
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Leliefontein
6 June 2024
Nama Riel Dance has its roots in the Khoisan tradition where it originated as a celebratory dance. It’s thought to be on...
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Koingnaas Diamond Minning Town, Northern Cape
5 June 2024
Koingnaas is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Established in 1970,...
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Kamieskroon
22 April 2024
Kamieskroon, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Situated just south of Springbok, Kamieskroon is set among t...
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Tankwa Karoo National Park
15 March 2024
It is recommend you travel through the Park with a vehicle with high ground clearance and good tyres. All roads in the P...
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Loeriesfontein, Northern Cape
29 June 2023
Loeriesfontein, situated in the northern cape, is an open area, which is perfect for Wind Turbines. The Fred Turner Wind...
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